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OMG Alert: Calvin Klein Is Re-Creating Cher's Dress From Clueless

Mel: What the hell is that?Cher: A dress!Mel: Says who?Cher: Calvin Klein!

If the mere sight of those lines, lifted from the film that defined my love of fashion better than any other ever has--1995's Clueless--makes your heart go pitter patter, then you're about to hear some very exciting news, indeed. Said dress (which Cher's father, Mel, said "looks like underwear") has just been re-created by Calvin Klein's Francisco Costa and is now available at the Los Angeles boutique Confederacy. According to the Daily Front Row, store owner Ilaria Urbinati was introduced to Costa, gushed about the scene, and begged him to recreate the iconic dress: "'It was love at first sight,' said Urbinati of the meeting. 'I sort of geeked/fan-ed out on him and went into a spazzy explanation of how my formative-years love of Calvin was partly based on the little white Calvin mini dress Alicia Silverstone wears in Clueless! I re-enacted the entire scene for him (you know, "Cher, what are you wearing?" "A dress!" "Says who?" "Calvin Klein!" "Well, go put something over it!" "Duh, I was just going to!" and then she comes out with the clear trench). So of course I said, Francisco, you need to remake that dress.' And after watching that scene on YouTube, Costa complied. The original pattern was procured from the warehouse in Italy, and at last, the legendary white dress is hitting the sales floor."

The dress is available starting today for $915 at shopconfederacy.com--a little steep, for sure, but as Travis Birkenstock once put it, "It's a small price to pay to the party gods." And in case you forgot just how sexy this body-hugging number was, check it out in the movie's original trailer:

Do you dolls remember lusting after the wardrobe in this movie as much as I did? Was this Calvin Klein dress one of your favorite looks? What do you think about its re-release? Kind of amazing, huh? Discuss!